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Infect. Immun. doi:10.1128/IAI.01431-06
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Fatty acids isolated from Toxoplasma gondii reduce GPI-induced TNF production through inhibition of NF-B signaling pathway

Institut für Virologie, AG Parasitologie, Hans-Meerwein-Str. 2, D-35043 Marburg, Germany, and Institut für Biochemie, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany, and Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle UMR CNRS/USTL n° 8576 - IFR 118, F-59655 Villeneuve D'Ascq, France

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: debierre{at}staff.uni-marburg.de.

	Abstract

Glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) are involved in the pathogenicity of protozoan parasites and are known to induce inflammatory cytokines. However, we have previously shown that the family of six GPIs of Toxoplasma gondii extracted together from tachyzoites could not induce TNF- secretion by macrophages, whereas GPIs individually separated from this extract by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) were able to stimulate the cells. In the present study we show that the TLC step permits to eliminate inhibitors extracted together with the T. gondii GPIs. Among the non-GPI molecules we have isolated fatty acids able to inhibit the secretion of TNF- induced by the T. gondii GPIs. Myristic and palmitic acids reduce the production of TNF- through the inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation of cytoplasmic proteins and the inhibition of NF-B activation in a PPAR-independent pathway and after a rapid entry into the cytoplasm of macrophages. GPIs are considered as toxin inducing irreversible damages in the host, and fatty acids produced in parallel by the parasite could reduce the immune response thus favoring the persistence of parasite infection.

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